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fasciclin

fasciclin noun: any of a group of extracellular polypeptide domains concerned with cell adhesion.

Noun

fasciclin (plural fasciclins)

  1. Any of a group of extracellular polypeptide domains concerned with cell adhesion
    • It is likely that C. lentis secretes the fasciclin homolog ClCE8 during conidium and appressorium adhesion on the plant surface, though it might also mediate down-stream infection related to fungal development.2015 August 22, Vijai Bhadauria et al., “Candidate effectors contribute to race differentiation and virulence of the lentil anthracnose pathogen Colletotrichum lentis”, in BMC Genomics, volume 16...

Forms of fasciclin

pluralfasciclins

Origin of fasciclin

From (axon) fascicle + -in.

Questions about fasciclin

What does fasciclin mean?
Fasciclin means any of a group of extracellular polypeptide domains concerned with cell adhesion.
What part of speech is fasciclin?
Fasciclin is a noun.
What is the plural of fasciclin?
The plural of fasciclin is fasciclins.

Words near fasciclin in the dictionary

  1. fasciation
  2. fasciations
  3. fascicle
  4. fascicled
  5. fascicles
  6. fasciclin
  7. fasciclins
  8. fascicular
  9. fascicularly
  10. fasciculate
  11. fasciculated

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